Phoenix – There's versatility in baseball, and then there's Jake Elmore's kind of versatility.
How many players can say they've played every position in the major leagues at one time or another? And, yes, we are including pitcher and catcher.
Elmore, 28, who is in the Milwaukee Brewers' spring camp trying to make the club as a nonroster infielder, checked off those last two items on his positional bucket list on Aug. 19, 2013, while playing for the Houston Astros in a road game at Texas.
When the Rangers bolted to a huge early lead with 11 runs in the third inning, bench coach Eduardo Perez told Elmore to be prepared to pitch at some point in the game.